Chicago Fire (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 12 - Ambush Predator - full transcript

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The thing we swore
would never happen happened.

(gabby)
our relationship got in the way
of the job.

And the job in the way
of the relationship.

Gabby.

We need some space
from each other.

So you're leaving?

[sobbing]

He's off the machine.

And breathing normally.

Is that my beautiful grandson?



Dad.

(male)
get back! Aah!

This looks like the stockpile
of an arsonist.

You guys...

Fold and tuck.

Fold and tuck.

Tight as a drum.

So the boy feels safe.

Just like in his mommy's belly.

- Yes.
- That's what i told wallace.

Wrap him tight like a little
baby burrito.

Okay, okay.

Some men were born to sink.

Others, to lift heavy things,
but you, terrance boden,



Were born to be loved,
preciously, and infinitely.

- [hearty laughter]
- thank you.

- Here you go.
- Yes.

Yes, sweet baby.

How long are you staying, pop?

It depends.

Depends on what?

Things.

[footsteps]

Hey, guys.
Atwater.

What's up.
What we got?

Got chlorine powder,
bags of cat litter,

Brake fluid, vegetable oil...

All in bulk.

Yeah, well, he definitely
had peculiar taste

When he hit the sam's club.

These are accelerants every
arsonist knows about.

At least the slick ones.

Then there's these.

(severide)
all about shay's death.

What can you tell us about the
person who leased this unit?

Paid cash.

Two years in advance,
i'd pulled the paperwork.

(male)
yeah, man or woman?

Man.

You remember what he
looked like?

I don't weigh 'em and measure,
i just take the money.

We'll check that paperwork
in your office

When we get time,
we'll just--

- Give us a minute.
- Mm.

Thanks, sir.

[deep exhale]

The thing is, it's not exactly
a crime scene.

It's gonna be real hard
to pull forensics in on this.

We know it's a long shot,

And arson is almost
impossible to prove,

But even if it just rules it
out, we'd sleep better.

Can't make any promises
but i'll see what i can do.

I know it means a lot to y'all.

Yeah. Thank you.
Thank you.

The items discovered
at that storage unit

Are unsettling to us all
here at 51.

As of now, there was no
indication of foul play.

But rest assured,
no matter what we looked into.

In the meanwhile, our job
remains the same,

And that is to safeguard
the people of chicago,

So you keep your heads down,
and you handle your business.

Brett and mills, my office.

Come on in, take a seat.

After everything you went
through with lullo's people,

I want you to know you have
my full blessing

If you want to
take some time off.

Thank you, chief.
But, personally, i'm fine.

I'd rather be here at work.

In that case,
i would like to ask you both

To consider to see someone.

Processing a trauma like that
takes time.

We have a lot of good people
who can help.

I think that that would be
really good.

For me, anyway.

I'll make the call.

Peter?

I'm straight.

Hmm.

Okay then.

You change your mind,
you let me know.

Will do.

That's all.

(mouch)
what do we have here?

Wicker park wolverines.

Yeah, it's got a certain ring
to it, doesn't it?

My boy luke, he's playing
a game of champions.

I thought you were banned
from the league, hermann?

Yeah, kids' hockey brings out
the worst in you.

Some sort of trophy fiasco
if i'm not mistaken.

(hermann)
that was an isolated incident.

Besides, i was completely
in the right.

Anyway, my two-year suspension
is over, and i'm back in action.

So show some respect
for the finest headcoach

Of pee-wee hockey in chicago,
will you?

[alarm and voice over intercom]

Truck 81, squad 3,
ambulance 61.

Two-car accident,
west 17th and halsted.

[sirens blaring]

Stalled trains got boden
trapped in.

I'll run point until he gets
here.

(severide)
copy that.

[woman screaming]

Help me!
Please.

I'm leiutenant casey
with the fire department.

We're gonna get you out, okay?

I can't feel my legs.

Oh, god.
Help me, please.

Hey, just give us a minute,
okay, ma'am?

Sev.

Yeah?

It's chaplain orlovsky.

He's bleeding out.

.

You guys, separate
the two vehicles

And we'll pull them both out
at the same time, all right?

Tony, stay ready on that winch.

(woman)
god, help me, please!

Wait, wait.
Hold.

If we move this car first,
she could be paralyzed or worse.

The longer he's pinned in,
the more blood he--

I know.

Your call.

(woman)
god, help me, please.

Hermann, dawson, get the jaws.

Help me!

Lieutenant, with all due
respect, it's the chaplain.

We're getting her out first.
Please!

You heard him, candidate,
move it!

Capp, tony, we're gonna cut
the roof posts off

So we can get the chap out

As soon as this car is out
of the way.

Yeah.

All right, chap.
How's it going?

Mills, status.

Yeah, i've got a pulse
but its weak.

He's lost a lot of blood
from his head wound.

Help me, please!

Please, help me!

Hang in there, lady,
we're getting you out.

We're gonna get you out of here,
okay?

All right, guys.
We're good to go.

[jaws of life revving]

(casey)
backboard.

Easy, easy.

Careful with her head.

Go, go.

Hey, leiutentant, good luck.

Thanks.

All right, go ahead.

Okay, let's go.

Get him on the backboard.

Easy.

Go. Go!

(hermann)
and it's not until
the pot's up to, like, $100

That the chaplain reveals
his true colors.

Come to find out,
the guy's like the billy the kid

Of five-card stud.

- Get out of here.
- Yeah.

- Our chaplain?
Orlovsky?

On my mother's grave.
Total shark.

Ambush predator.

If he wasn't a man of the cloth,

I'd have accused him
of cheating.

This is right after
mickey drobitch died

In that scuba incident,
god rest his soul.

Chaplain--never said anything
about it.

(hermann)
just him being here,
playing cards with all of us,

It shined a light.

Helped a lot of firefighters
through some dark times.

Hey.
How is he?

He's still touch and go.

There's multiple internal
injuries.

He still hasn't regained
consciousness.

(casey)
okay.

Um, the extra time
he spent pinned in,

How much worse
did that make it?

Chaplain's a junkyard dog,
he's gonna be just fine.

Hey, you two, tomorrow night,
molly's. 7:00.

Pee wee hockey draft.

- Be there.
- Whoa, whoa, draft? What?

- Whoa, hermann, come on.

Be reasonable.

Games is one thing.

We'll make practices.

Most of them, anyway.

But the draft?

Yeah, man.
You gotta admit,

That's a little above
and beyond.

One of the terms
of my reinstatment

Is i have to be accompanied
by two adults

To all league functions.

Half-priced drinks at molly's
for two weeks.

- One.
- Done.

What did he do to get banned
anyway?

- Hey.
- Hey.

Matt--sorry.

I mean, lieutenant,
just checking in on you.

I can still do that, right?

I gotta finish up
this incident report.

Yeah, yeah.
Of course.

All souls weigh the same.

What?

One life isn't worth
anymore than the other.

That's what the chaplain
told me after shay died.

Hey, can i borrow dawson?

We'll keep our radios on.

Yeah.

It cost me a bottle
of 12-year-old scotch,

The good stuff,
but i talked the landlady

Into letting us into
the building at west walnut.

- Where shay died?
- Yeah.

I mean, given what
we found at the storage unit,

I just--
i figured--

It wasn't arson, kelly.

It was squatters
cooking over an open flame.

You saw the fire
with your own eyes, didn't you?

- Yeah, i--
- so why go back?

Look, i get it, okay?

If you're not ready for that,

Just say it.

Okay.

I'm coming.

[sniffles]

This is where we were.

.

I just wanted her to know that
she could do it without me.

That's why we changed places.

It's okay, dawson.

I never wanted to come back
here.

Well, if we don't turn over
every stone, who will?

Right?

Come on, let's go upstairs.

- Hey.
- Hey!

Detective boden.

- Hey, honey.
- How are you?

- How are you doing?
- What's going on?

- Hey, look at the little chief.

He's even got the old man's
furrowed brow.

- Yeah, he does.

Bet he's got a better
disposition, huh?

- Oh, come on.
- Hey, hey ,hey.

All: [laughing]

Hey.

Hey, donna.
Hey, pop.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Give me the baby,
- okay.

- Come on.

Detective boden.

- [laughs]
- randall.

So great to see you.

This gentleman right here is who
i dedicate my illustrious career

With the cfd to.

Illustrious?

Let me show you something that
will make your heart stop.

Bam.

- Oh.
- Come on.

Taken the day i graduated
from the academy.

This man believed in me
from the jump.

Am i wrong, detective?

Randall, you have exceed
my wildest dreams

And my expectations.

Times change, maybe.

But randall mcholland,
he stays the same.

Yes, he does.

- Right here?
- Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Your feeding the baby too much,
darling.

Thanks.

That's why he keeps spitting up.

I'll ask the doctor about it.

And your burping technique,
well now,

That's something we can work on.

Any chance of you joining us
for the well-baby check?

I would love to, donna,
but you know--

Hey, don't worry, son.

I'll be there.

Thanks, pop.

[gurgling]

Ah, he's spitting up again.

Shoot.

See the burn pattern?

- The "v" shape?
- Yeah.

That's where the fire
ignited the blast, right?

But they didn't find
any signs of arson.

No accelerants.
Nothing.

Right.

But this is where i saw

The squatters' fire.

What are you saying?

If this is where
the fire started,

The burn pattern should be here.

Not over there.

Are you sure that's where
it was?

Yeah, 100%.

This is my landmark.

This pole.

Well, it's worth running
by arson.

You know anybody?

Yeah, i do.

You wanted to see me,
lieutenant?

Yeah, chicago med called.

They're having trouble tracking
down a next of kin

For chaplain orlovsky.

- I see.
- Yeah.

You knew him pretty well, right?

Any ideas?

Yeah, i met
his mother one time.

I'll sniff around,
see what i can find out.

All right, thanks.

They say if he's gonna make it?

Uh...
He's still unconscious.

Could go either way.

For what it's worth,
doing anything different

Could've put them both
in the grave.

You made the right call,
lieutenant.

All you can do is play it
like it comes.

Appreciate that, hermann.

I'll let you know
what i find out.

[beeping and voice on intercom]
ambulance 61.

Adult female with head injuries.

3331 west 17th street.

[knock at door]

Someone called for a paramedic?

[knocking]
fire department, open up.

Ma'am, is everything okay?

I'm fine.
Sorry to trouble you.

It looks worse than it is.

I'm a bleeder.

We're happy to take a look.

My neighbor must have
heard me yell.

I was coming down the stairs
and i tripped.

I'm fine, really.

Ma'am, you're sure
that your okay?

You heard her.

.

Look, we get in there,
you set her aside.

I'm gonna square off
with that husband of hers.

If she gives any acknowledgment
of being beat--

Anything at all,
you call the cops, okay?

Got it.

All right.

[knocking]

Ma'am, we need you
to open up.

[continues knocking]

Look, ma'am,
you can decline treatment,

But we're not gonna leave
until you sign a refusal.

[door opening]

Have a seat, ma'am.
I'll take a look at you.

I'm fine, really.

Did you see what happened?

Nothing, huh?

Nope.

There's something i need to
sign, or--

You can talk to me, okay?

This bruise on the side
of your face,

Is that a slap mark?

What? No.

If he hurt you,
we can get you out of here.

I promise.

Hey, can i help you
with something?

This is my place,
and that's my wife,

And she said she's fine.

Well, she doesn't look fine.

I don't want treatment, okay?

Sign here.

Hey, not trying to get
in your business.

Just checking on my partner.

I'm fine.

That domestic.

It just got under my skin.
That's all.

I made an appointment
with boden's guy.

- The counselor.
- Yeah.

We could go together.
I mean, if you want.

Thanks anyway.

I'm not saying there's
not something there.

But arson reached
the same conclusion you did

The day of the accident.

Squatters cooking
on an open flame

Cause a 100 gallon propane tank
to explode.

Neither arson, nor anyone else,
knew the burn patterns

We in a different place
from where i saw the fire.

I didn't even know it myself
until we went back.

I hear you, kelly.

And it's interesting
but inconclusive.

Look, leslie shay wasn't just
some victim in this fire.

She wasn't just a paramedic
on 61.

She was my partner...

For five-and-a-half years,
and his best friend.

So if there's even the slightest
bit of "maybe,"

We will walk through hell
to find out for sure.

The investigator in charge
of the case is by the book.

To be frank,
he's a bit of a dick.

All he shared with me
was the summary.

No guarantees, all right?

But let me see if i can pull
the file so you can take a look.

Thank you.

Used to take his mom
to hear his sermons on sundays.

Then they'd go for blintzes
at the golden apple.

Good egg, mrs. Orlovsky.

Got a number for her?

She passed about six months ago.

Been trying to paint
this place for years.

But the chaplain won't let me.

Says he doesn't want me
wasting the money.

Any idea of where he keeps
his address book?

Maybe i can find a number
for another relative.

No, but you're welcomed
to poke around.

He's in pretty
rough shape, huh?

Critical condition.

I hope he pulls through.

Yeah, me too.

- Ain't that the way life is?
- How's that?

Chaplain's always taking care
of everybody else.

Never had anybody to look out
for him.

I'd like to welcome each
and every one of you

To this year's pee wee single
"a" hockey draft.

[applause]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.

Pardon me, commissioner,
listen.

I just want to remind everyone
that we're here for the kids.

So let's have a fun
and respectful evening,

And we'll have a terrific
season, all right?

Whoo!
Welcome back, mad dog!

[cheering]

Be right back.

Now, to ensure parity
in league play,

Each of your kids
has been ranked

On a scale from one to five.

Each team will have
no more than three players

- For any given category.
- Check it out.

Reason hermann got band--

Oh, i'm dying to hear this.

Championship game,
two years ago,

Then seconds left, right?

Hermann's older kid, lee henry,
gets a breakaway.

Out of nowhere, a kid
from the other team trips him

- From behind.
- Mm.

The other coach
distracted the ref.

So he never saw it.

- Oh, hermann must have
been so steamed!

He broke into
the commissioner's car,

Stole all the first place
trophies,

And gave it to his kids instead.

[laughing uncontrollably]

He left one behind though.

Except he tried to cross out
the word "champions"

- And wrote "cheaters".
- [laughs hysterically]

Now in the three's, we've got
magonia, lauritzen, and hermann.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Three?
You're giving my kid a three?

What'd your kid get?

- Five.
- Yeah, a five--

- Whoa, this is all on you,
i gotta bounce.
- Hey!

You know what?
If you run this league

Like you run your business?
You know what?

Your kid couldn't play hockey
on a basketball court.

Happy hour at molly's,
two for one drinks

For every dad in pee wee's, huh?

[cheering]

[grunting]

So, what do you guys think?

What is it?

It's my dad's old footlocker
from the navy.

Sylvie mentioned you guys needed
a coffee table,

I thought this would be perfect.

It's great.

Right?

Beer?
Anyone?

Ah, yes, please.

Hermann wore me out.

(gabby)
oh, he will do that to you.

I don't think i have any,
actually.

- Oh, yes you do.
- Oh.

The perks of having
a roommate.

Uh-huh.

When my brother turned three,
my parents made me share a room.

And i remember,
he came running in and yelled,

"sylvie, we're mermaids!"

[laughs]

He meant to say roomies.

That's adorable.

Yes, it was.

(cruz)
left something in the truck,
be right back.

So he's certainly
enthusiastic, huh?

In ways
you can't even imagine.

For real?

Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Wow.

Good for you.

What about you?

How you holding up?

I'm just--i'm just trying to
keep the chaplain off my mind,

You know?

You two were close, huh?

He was there for me
when i needed him.

I'm glad you're here.

Yeah, me too.

Mermaids.

Mermaids.

[exhaling deeply]

[baby whimpering]

God...Um...

There's something--
okay, um...

Let's see.

You sure he's not gonna
roll off the table?

He's eight days old.

So like this right?

You just gotta get up in there.

- Don't rush me.
- I'm not rushing you.

- So it's like this?
- Mm-hmm.

[baby crying]
- oh, yeah.

We got this.

Yeah.

And there is your son.

- He's hungry.
- Oh, hungry?

- Yeah.
- You know what?

If one more person tells me
that my baby

Is either hungry or full,
i swear--

Okay, i'm sorry.

No, no. You have to talk
to him tonight, wallace.

I know. I am.
I will.

You know, god love him,

But your father's just driving
me around the bend right now.

Donna, donna,
i will handle it.

Okay.

You got a beautiful
life here, son.

Pop, we gotta talk.

- I'm stage iv.
- What?

Oncologist gave me
about four months to live.

.

Oh, don't get up.

Sorry i kept you.
Took longer than i thought.

Oh, no, i'm just grateful
you could take the time.

You got decaf green tea?

Sure.

So the investigator
assigned to the case,

This guy, bill jensen,
stonewalled me

- When i asked for the file.
- Okay.

But one good thing
about the antiquated interoffice

Mail system is that you can
get access to any file.

It took me a while
to snap pics of every document.

But, in the end,
i got it done.

How can i thank you.

Thanks.

My first year on the job,

I had this field training
officer, graham tracey,

He taught me the ropes.

Blocked for me.

Just an amazing human being.

One night, we get called
to a structure fire

On south racine.

He makes this
incredible save.

Pulls out an eight-year-old kid
right before the roof came down.

He was making one last trip
up the ladder,

When his foot slipped.

35 foot drop.

Died on impact.

I'm sorry.

I know what it's like
to lose a fellow firefighter.

Do whatever you gotta do.

[knock at door]

What's up?

Just got off the phone
with chief hatcher.

Apparently, cfd approved
the alderman's request

For a dedication ceremony
in shay's honor.

- That's great, right?
- Yeah.

It's gonna be next thursday
here at 51.

Kelly, i was hoping
that either you or dawson

Would say a few words.

Yeah, of course.

In light of
the storage unit fire,

I understand if it's not
a good time.

It's never not a good time.

Then, uh,
then that's all.

Thanks, chief.

Chief, everything okay?

It's my father.

He's not doing well.

Sounds serious.

It is.

If there's anything
we can do...

Just need two minutes
to myself right now.

Absolutely.

[exhales]

Atwater, what's up?

What's up, man.
I was in the area.

Figured i'd tell you
what i got in person.

All right.

So the storage unit,
leased out to this guy

Named john johnson.

Previous address he listed
was 1956 elvis lane.

Graceland, tennesse.

I found no car registered
under his name,

The date of birth he listed
on the credit check was bogus.

The guy's a ghost, man.

I appreciate you
looking into it.

I'm sorry, bro.

I mean, if it was classified
as a crime scene,

There would be more
i could do, but...

No, i get it.
Thanks for coming by.

Yeah, take it easy.

There it is again.

- Second mention.
- Mm.

Shredded news paper, so what?

They call it
a trailer.

Wait, yeah, i think i learned
about this at the academy.

It's a way to spread fire
from wherever it starts

To other flammable materials
already there, right?

Like plastic, or trash,
or whatever.

Yeah, that way it doesn't look
like arson.

That would explain why the
burn patterns are in a different

Spot then when you saw
the squatters' fire.

Possibly.

I guess we're going back.

Traumatic amputation.

His heart rate's in the 130s
and he is high as a kite.

My fingers.

Where are my damn fingers
at lady?

You lost them?

I am gonna get litigous
on your ass.

(mills)
here are your fingers.

(dr. Prospere)
trauma three have a surgeon
on standby?

Better not be nobody else's
fingers in that bag.

Can't fool me.

I've seen the way
you do people around here.

I'm watching you,
all of you, like a hawk.

All right, i gotta know.

Guy's sitting on the floor with
garden shears when we get there.

Only one left is his pinky.

Says, "she loves me,
bitch loves me not,"

Cuts the sucker right off.

- How romantic.
- Eh.

- Mm-hmm
- [laughs]

- All right.
- Oh.

Pupils are unequal.

Possible basal
skull fracture.

- She's posturing.
- Get her into 2.

That's the woman
from the domestic.

I'm pretty sure.

Hey, 3331 west 17th?

Yeah, how'd you guess?

Was her husband there?

They're married?

He didn't seem real broken up
about it.

Just wait right here.
I'll be right back.

What are you going to do?

I just forgot the portable
oxygen tank in there.

Be right back.
I'm gonna grab it.

[chatter on radio]

[knocking]

What's your prob--

You get your worthless ass
out of my house right now

Or i'll have the cops here
so fast--

Come on.

You like hitting women?

All right, all right, all right!

You ever hurt her again,
and i will come back here

And kill you.

You hear me?

Mm-hm.

.

Can i talk to you?

Yeah, sure.

Portable oxygen tank
is right here.

Yeah, it is.

Been here all day.

It was an honest mistake.

- Really?
- Yes.

You wanna b.S. The paperwork,
that's one thing.

But don't lie to your
partner, ever.

And if this is some kind of ptsd
rage thing over what happened

With lullo, then go see somebody
like boden said.

Because these things get worse.

You done?

[phone rings]

- Hey.
- Sorry.

Hello?

Hey, kendra, how is he?

Chicago med?

I see.

I appreciate the call.

Chaplain orlovsky regained
consciousness this morning.

Odds are, he's gonna make
a full recovery.

Thank, god.
That's so great.

Whoo.

I hear that right, lieutenant?

Chaplain's gonna pull through?

Yeah, he is.

What'd i tell you.
Junkyard dog.

Give him my love
when you see him.

Right. I'm heading there
right now.

Oh, hang on a sec,
if that's the case.

I ordered extra,
hoping this moment would come.

You tell padre that when he's
back on his feet again,

The wicker park wolverines
could use an assistant coach

Who actually knows something
about hockey.

- Oh!
- Hey!

Now cruz may not know anything
about hockey, but me...

Do you guys have any idea who
chaplain orlovsky

Actually grew up playing with?

No, who?

Hey, today's the first
practice, right?

Yeah, well, it's not exactly
a practice.

It's more of a,
what do you call it, uh...

Team-building summit.

I got an idea for you.

[monitor beeping]

[knocking]

(casey)
hey.

Leiutenant casey.

Eh, matt's fine.

Matt, good to see you.

Good to see you too, chaplain.

[laughter]

Everyone from 51
sends their best.

- Aw.
- And gabriela dawnson

Send her love.

Ah, how's she doing?

She's gonna make
a great firefighter.

Yeah.

I figured she would.

Yeah, i me too.

Well, i was relieved
to hear

That the driver
of the other car was okay.

A young woman, evelyn, right?

Yeah, that's right.

God must've been looking out
for both of us

To have you be the one
to respond to the call.

Oh, and this is
from christopher hermann.

Something about being
an assitant coach?

Coach.

Tell him i accept the challenge.

I will.

You take care of yourself.

- You too.
- All right.

Oh, and, uh,
i heard that you and bobby hull

Came up together.

And you turned down an offer
from the black hawks

To become ordained.

Hermann tell you that?

Yeah.

Is it true?

This is the year,
my small friends,

That the wicker park wolverines
are gonna barnstorm their way

Into the history books.

Who's with me?

Kids: Me!

This team, us,
we are coming home

With the pee wee 10-and-under
chicago championship cup,

Or we're gonna leave some blood
on the ice trying.

Now i said it, who's with me?

Kids: Me!

The road to glory,
the path to victory,

Is paved with two things:

Sacrifice and teamwork.

And that is what we are doing
here today.

Now who's with me?

Kids: Me!

All right.
Come on up.

Get up here and get some
paintbrushes.

Get on those walls,
everybody.

[all chanting]
wol-ver-ines!

Wol-ver-ines!

Wol-ver-ines!

Wol-ver-ines!

Yeah!

Hmm.

[chuckles]

There you go.

- Hey.
- Hey.

How you doing there, pop?

I'm doing just great, son.

How's he?

Oh, he is perfect.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thanks for being here.

I just wanted to give donna
a little break.

I'm not quite sure
if i succeeded or not.

[both crying]

The trailer would have carried
the flames from over there...

To the propane tanks
right here.

It's just hard to tell
what's what.

Everything's so badly
burned.

Well, forget about looking
for shredded newspaper.

Okay. So what are we
looking for?

I don't know.

Something else.

Dawson!

Come here.

What is it?

You see this?

See that staple?

- Matchbook?
- Yeah.

Bailing wire would have
been used

To hold a cigarette in place

Which would then burn down
slowly

Until it lit all the matches.
- Like a slow-burning fuse.

Yeah.

Oh, my god, you were right.

This was arson.

Which would mean
that shay was murdered,

And whoever did it
is still out there.